<pre class="message">Package: thunar
Version: 1.2.3-4+b1
Severity: normal</pre>On initial launch the Thunar file manager takes approximately 30 seconds
to start and opens two windows on a Wheezy install. I believe this is
related to the "network" feature. The network feature is something that
I personally do not use. There is a bug #650206, but I feel it may be a
different issue. I have cc'd the bluefish debian maintainer since one
of my questions involves that package.<br>
<br>I start with a clean AMD64 wheezy install and only install the base
system during the install process (no standard package list, desktop
packages, etc.). I have a apt.conf file with Apt::Install-Recommends
"false"; and Aptitude::Recommends-Important "false"; and use the
official debian repos for installing wheezy plus security packages. I
start by installing a minimalist desktop environment using openbox,
xorg, sakua, leafpad, tango-icon-theme, consolekit, policykit-1,
libpam-ck-connector, gvfs, and thuanr.<br>
<br>Once in an X11 session, if I launch thunar, then it starts within a
second and no network icon is in the side pane. I continue customizing
my system with programs that I frequently use which includes blusfish.
The bluefish package pulls in gvfs-backends. Once APT finihes
configuring the packages Thunar starts slowly and with two instances on
first launch. Also, the network icon is now visible in the side pane.
This behavior will continue to happen upon subsequent reboots or log
off / ons. <br>
<br>After searching Internet forums, a possible workaround is to edit as
root the following file and change the automount option from true to
false: /usr/share/gvfs/mounts/network.mount. This does solve the
behavior issue but also results in the "network" icon showing a paper
with red square with an "x". If a user does double click the network
icon then an error box shows a failed to open "Network" message with a
DBus error.<br><div id=":2c">
<br>Okay, so I figured out that bluefish was the reason for the slow
thunar behavior since it pulled in the gvfs-backends package. I was
looking through the changelog of bluefish and noticed that on June 29,
2010 the gvfs-backends package was adjusted to a "Depends" from
"Suggest" (if I read that correctly).<br>
<br>I was wondering the following:<br><br>Can bluefish's depends on
gvfs-backends be changed to Recommends instead? This in my opinion would
be the easiest method, but there may have been a strong reason for the
initial change.<br>
<br>Is there a way to disable network support in thunar without recompiling the package on the user's end?<br><br>Use the workaround mentioned above and remove the network icon from the side pane?<br><br>I apologize for the rather long bug report and look forward to hearing your thoughts.<br>
<br>Thank You.<br><br>--Michael P. Carr Jr.<br></div>